16 Console

Learn about the console of Oracle Data Integrator and how to use it.

What is Oracle Data Integrator Console

Learn what Oracle Data Integrator Console is.

Business users (as well as developers, administrators and operators), can have read access to the Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) repository, perform topology configuration and production operations through a web based UI called ODI Console. This web application can be deployed in a Java EE application server such as Oracle WebLogic. ODI provides a plug-in, as well as the ODI Console to manage and monitor the Java EE and Standalone Agents, that integrates with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control and Oracle Fusion Middleware Control Console. It allows you to drill down into the details of ODI components and sessions. It is required for the Fusion Middleware Control Extension for ODI. It must be installed and configured for this extension to discover and display the ODI components in a domain.

Different types of user can use ODI Console in different ways:
  • Administrators use it to create and import repositories and to configure the Topology.
  • Production operators use it to manage scenarios and Load Plans, monitor sessions and Load Plan runs, and manage the content of the error tables generated by ODI.
  • Business users and developers browse development artifacts in it, using, for example, the Data Lineage and Flow Map features.

See Introduction to Oracle Data Integrator Console in Administering Oracle Data Integrator.

Use Oracle Data Integrator Console

Learn how to use Oracle Data Integrator Console.

To connect to ODI Console:
  1. Open a web browser, and connect to the URL where ODI Console is installed. For example:
    http://server_name:8001/odiconsole/
    where server_name represents the name or IP address of the server on which ODI Console is installed.
  2. Go to the Repository list, and select the Repository connection corresponding to the master or work repository to which you want to connect.
  3. Provide a User ID and a Password.
  4. Click Sign In.

You can create, edit, delete, or view objects. You can import/export and run scenarios, and stop and re-start sessions. You can import/export, run, and stop and start load plans. you can also perform general administrative operations for ODI.

See Using Oracle Data Integrator Console in Administering Oracle Data Integrator.